McAuley cooking goes international

Each of two McAuley High School Creative Cooking classes had a team-building and culture-awareness assignment recently.

Each "kitchen," which consists of four to seven students, blindly chose a particular country. They were given one class period to research online traditional foods of their respective countries, select a recipe which could be completed in less than 30 minutes, and divide up which students would bring in ingredients.

Two days later, each kitchen made their recipe, along with a paper flag of their chosen country, to share with the entire class. The resulting foods were varied, colorful, and delicious.

The two kitchens who chose Germany made potato pancakes and noodles with poppy seeds. The two kitchens whose assignment was China made shrimp fried rice and orange/almond biscuits. The Italian kitchens created pizza and bread crumb pasta. Representing food from Greece, two groups made Greek pasta salad and Greek spinach flat bread. Finally, the two kitchens who chose Spain created Spanish milk shakes and Spanish pasta salad.

There was more than enough so that each student could sample all five countries.

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McAuley cooking goes international

Each of two McAuley High School Creative Cooking classes had a team-building and culture-awareness assignment recently.